

Had money in my hand,
watched it disappear, Had people say forever,
then vanish by the year.
Had keys to places I swore would always feel like mine— Funny
how ownership comes with borrowed time.
NOTHING STAYS MINE!
(NOTHING STAYS!) Money comes,
people go, even mountains change shape.
I spent half my life trying to make things stay— Now I
hold what I love without locking the cage.
Nothing stays mine—
SO NOTHING OWNS ME!
If it leaves tomorrow,
I still got today.
Had apartments called home till the boxes came,
Jobs that knew my number then forgot my name.
People I would've sworn were permanent fixtures,
Now they're conversations buried in pictures.
Had attention hit hard then disappear fast,
Success gets rented, fame never lasts.
Even the face in the mirror keeps changing its mask— You don't
own much but the moment you have.
Used to grip everything till my hands went numb,
Thinking losing meant somehow I'd come undone.
Now I know every ending makes space for what's next— Still hurts
sometimes, but it hurts with context.
(What do you own?) Today.
(What stays?) Not much.
(Scared?) Less than I was.
Cars get sold, houses change hands,
Friends get busy, lovers make plans.
Numbers go up, numbers collapse,
Everybody cheers till attention moves past.
Spend your whole life building walls around things,
Put locks on doors,
put diamonds in rings,
But time walks through every fortress you bring— Turns kings into stories
and stories to wind.
So I stopped asking life for permanent proof,
Stopped confusing possession with truth.
If you're here right now,
then I'm here with you— No contract with forever makes the moment
more true.
Hold tighter? (WHY?) Let everything go?
(NOT QUITE!) What do I keep?
What it changed inside.
(Nothing stays…) That's what makes it matter.
NOTHING STAYS MINE! (NOTHING STAYS!) So I quit holding life like it's
trying to escape!
Love what arrives, let it change,
let it fade,
If tomorrow takes it,
it can't take yesterday.
NOTHING STAYS MINE—
SO NOTHING OWNS ME!
I don't need forever to know what it gave me.
Nothing stays.